Ceramics Research

Ancient Greek, Japanese or Chinese Pottery Project

Search: "ancient Greek pottery" "ancient Chinese pottery" "ancient Japanese pottery"

Write three paragraphs on 2 types of pottery.

Chinese Porcelain (chinapotteryonline.com)

1) Look at 2 of these types of pottery: Ancient Greek, Ancient Japanese, Ancient Chinese.
Answer these questions in your paragraphs:

• Describe each form of pottery.
• What is the same about these forms of pottery? Compare them.
• What is different about these forms of pottery? Contrast them.
• What does the pottery look like? Does it have any distinctive shape?
• What kind of shapes are used in the painting on the pottery? Is there a design?
• What colors are used?

2) Draw an example of each kind of pottery on the back of your paper.

Pottery Techniques

Write three paragraphs on two different pottery techniques.

Search: wheel throwing, coil , slab construction, raku
Hint: use "pottery technique" with these terms

1) Choose 2 different pottery techniques. Answer these questions in your paragraphs:

• Describe each technique.
• What is the same about these techniques? Compare them.
• What is different about these techniques? Contrast them.
• What does the pottery using these techniques look like? Does it have any distinctive shape?
• What painting or glazing is used on the pottery using these techniques? Is there a design?
• What colors are used?

2) Draw an example of pottery using each of the techniques you choose on the back of your paper.

Native American Pottery Project

Anasazi Pottery (anasazimystery.com)

Pueblo Pottery
Anasazi Pottery
Anasazi Pottery
Mimbres Pottery
Mimbres Pottery
San Juan Pottery
San Juan Pottery

Search: "Pueblo pottery" "Anasazi pottery" "Mimbres pottery" "San Juan pottery"

Write three paragraphs on ancient and current Pueblo Pottery.

1) Look at Anasazi, Mimbres, and San Juan Pottery. Answer these questions in your paragraphs:

• Describe each form of pottery.
• What is the same about these forms of pottery? Compare them.
• What is different about these forms of pottery? Contrast them.
• What does the pottery look like? Does it have any distinctive shape?
• What kind of shapes are used in the painting on the pottery? Is there a design?
• What colors are used?

2) Draw an example of each kind of pottery on the back of your paper.

• Anasazi
• Mimbres
• San Juan

Ken Price in Studio (venice-in-venice.com)

Ceramic Artist Project

• Google the artist's name in quotation marks with the word CERAMICS and BIOGRAPHY after it
• Look at the external links at the bottom of Wikipedia articles for examples of artwork

Choose one of the following ceramic artists:

Robert Arneson
Ken Price
Peter Voulkos
Marilyn Levine

1) Cover the following questions in your three paragraphs:

• Background (where is the artist from, when did he live?)
• Early life and education
• Influence (did events or people inspire him to change his work?)
• Important works
• Innovations the artist made
• 5 interesting facts
• 3 reasons why the artist is important/famous

2) Make a drawing of one of your artist's important works on the back on your paper:

World Book Encyclopedia--Utah's Online Library
Albion Library Catalog--Webpath Express